College Essay Coaching with Purpose

College Essay Coaching that Guides, Supports and Inspires Students to Write Exceptional Essays that Admissions Officers Remember.

One-on-One College Essay Coaching

Always personalized, always one-one-one, my college essay coaching helps students reach their full potential in the college application process … and beyond.

My College Essay Coaching Process

  • My college essay coaching process includes brainstorming the college essay.

    Brainstorming the Essay

    This is going to be fun! We’ll uncover all the qualities that make you special and how they can appeal to what admissions offices are looking for in college applications and essays. From there, we’ll develop your personalized strategy to write a memorable essay that stands out!

  • My college essay coaching process includes spending time outlining and writing the college essay.

    Outlining & Writing

    We’ll bring your ideas to life and shape them into an exceptional essay. I’ll guide you in how to express your hopes, dreams, and values in unique ways that will wow any college admissions office and show them why, out of crowded field of qualified candidates, you deserve one of their highly coveted admissions.

  • The final step of my college essay coaching process is reviewing & fine-turning the college essay.

    Reviewing & Fine-Tuning

    Once the brainstorming and drafting is done, it’s time to review and fine-tune your college essay for best impact in the college application process. With personalized feedback to get the most out of every precious word, we’ll take your college essay from “good” to “outstanding!

“Lisa is awesome! She helped my son prepare for and outline his college essays. She has a knack at pulling information out of students to create the best personal essays. With her insight and advice my son was able to write a well thought out essay that helped him to be accepted to almost all the UC's and Carnegie Mellon. Thank you Lisa!”

College essay coaching client testimonial from Elva

— Elva A., Parent

“Lisa set up my daughter for success with her college essay!” 

— Jennifer R., Parent

In One-on-One College Essay Coaching,

  • One-on-one college essay coaching includes discovering your unique you

    Discover Your Unique You

    Let’s sit down and peel back the layers to get to the heart of who you are and what makes you special: your unique thoughts, values, and worldview. These are the insights and perspective that will elevate your essays and application in the eyes of any college admissions officer!

  • One-on-one college essay coaching includes developing your story

    Develop “Your Story”

    We’ll pull the pieces of “your story” together so that your application is as compelling as possible. Your personal statement, supplemental essays, and the rest of your college application… we’ll bring it all together in a way that highlights everything admissions offices are looking for!

  • One-on-one college essay coaching includes structuring your story for best impact

    Structure Your Story for Best Impact

    College essays can be overwhelming! How do you distill who you are and what makes you special into 650 words or less? We’ll be build your story around a clean, clear structure that makes getting to know you and why you’re a terrific candidate for admission easy!

  • One-on-one college essay coaching includes delivering valuable feedback

    Get Valuable Feedback

    Is this a good college essay topic? Is the essay making the points it needs to? Does it have a good hook? What is it saying about me? Let an experienced eye give you feedback throughout the writing process so you stay on track and create powerful essays that can move any admissions committee!

“As someone … first generation to go to college in the US, applying to colleges was a daunting task … I decided to take up Lisa on her services, and … I HIGHLY recommend her.

She does more than help you write your essays. She’s there to guide you every step of the way, no matter how dumb you think your questions might be. She comes from an extremely understanding and non-judgmental place and I cannot recommend her enough.

She helped get me into all the schools I applied to (including my top-choice/program) and I honestly don’t think I could’ve done it without her.”

College essay coaching student Storm testimonial

— S.K., Student

In our college essay coaching sessions, I answer all your questions like:

“How do I write about myself in a college essay?  What’s going to make me stand out to a college?”

College essay coaching about how to structure essay.

'“What’s the best structure to use for my college essay?  How do I actually write the college essay?”

“What do admissions officers look for in college essays?”

College essay coaching question about topics to avoid

“What are the college essay topics to avoid?  What should I not write about in my college essay?”

“I’m not sure how to show I’m a leader.  How do I write a college essay about leadership?”

College essay coaching question about how to write a diversity essay

“How do I write a good college “diversity” essay when I’m from …?”

“Lisa … helped think through my ideas more clearly and she brought up advanced pointers that I would have never been able to think of by myself!”

— Andranik B., Student